How to give yourself a facial?

There are some very basic steps that go to giving yourself a facial:





1. cleanse - use an appropriate cleanser for your skin type. Remember to cleanse twice and use tepid water to remove your cleanser. Follow the directions on your cleanser. Some have you apply directly to dry skin, others you just mix with a little water to emulsify and gently apply to damp skin. Your first cleaning - removes make-up, dust and grime. The second cleaning - is the actual cleaning of your skin. Be gentle during each cleaning and use light upward sweeping motions starting with your neck and working up toward your forehead.





2. Next you'll want to exfoliate. How often you do this process will be dictated by your skin. Are you acneic? Do you have dry skin? Combination skin? mature skin? Also, there are different types of exfoliants. There are physical exfoliants, i.e. creams that contain small grains that help to lift dead flaking skin (such as St. Ive's Apricot Scrub) and dirt AND there are chemical exfoliants such as lotions containing acids (lactic, glycolic) in small levels that help to exfoliate the skin and encourage cell turn over. There are also proteolytic enzymatic exfoliators (such as Jan Marini's Clean Zyme/Skin Zyme) that are derived from natural sources that can be used to exfoliate and retexturizes the skin leaving it soft and smooth. ';Proteolytic'; refers to an enzymatic reaction that can digest dead or diseased protein material without harming living healthy cells. Remember the type of exfo;liant is up to you but should meet your skin's needs.





If you were going to a therapist, massage and extractions might be in order. In lieu of this, use long, even strokes when applying creams and lotions to the skin. Spend a little time putting on your moisturizer. Work from the neck up and finish your application with smaller, tapping motions...again, from the neck up. Apply slight pressure to pressure points along sinus cavities, temples, walking fingers up the forehead, etc. Small easy movements you can do yourself.





3. Mask - Do you need a mask? If you have acne, try a clay mask. Clay is ';drawing'; and helps to pull impurities to the surface. Do you have dry skin? If so, a hydrating mask would be in order. Again, this step is dependent on the type of skin your have and what your needs are. Sometimes more than one mask might be needed. Here's a great ';Homemade Asprin Mask'; that's good for just about everyone but dry skin. It also acts as an exfoliator so go easy on the exfoliation when using this mask:


The aspirin mask is a homemade BHA mask available to each and everyone of us, totally inexpensive and highly efficient, made of salicylic acid or tablets of aspirin. BHA is known to help tremendously with cleaning pores from deep inside and therefore contribute to keeping our skin blemish-free. BHAs are efficient on existing blemishes as well, by helping them heal faster and keeping pores clean afterwards.





Indications: all skin types, especially normal to oily and combination skin, acne-prone and clogged skin.





Basic preparation: 1/4 tsp. salicylic acid (ask for it at pharmacy, if you cannot find it, then crush 3-5 tablets of plain aspirin instead), distilled water. Mix the powder with the water until it becomes of a creamy consistence, apply on clean dry skin (focus on T-zone and sides of the nose). Keep it on until completely dry. Take a small cotton pad, wet it lightly and begin scrubbing the areas covered with the mask, making small circles. Finally, rinse with plenty of water. It would be excellent to apply a calming mask or a hydrating mask first, followed by your regular moisturizer. Skin will be left completely smooth and even.





There are practically unlimited versions of this mask. You can add yoghurt for an astringent effect, aloe vera, honey. You can also make the mask using a basic moisturizer mixed with salicylic acid instead of water, as it will be less harsh on the skin and will be more easy to use. Another option is to mix salicylic acid / crushed aspirin into a mask: into a clay mask, a hydrating mask or a soothing mask. My personal favourite is aloe vera mask with a hint of salicylic acid - application is much better, skin is less irritated and dried compared to aspirin with water, the feeling left after this mask is absolutely unique so smooth and clean!





If you use powdered salicylic acid, it is advisable to limit the quantity to 1/4 tsp. for the whole face, too much will burn the skin. If using aspirin tablets, you will probably need somewhere between 3 and 10 tablets depending on the area where you apply it.





Do not apply it near to eye zone, as it would be extremely drying and irritating for the sensitive skin there.





Refrain yourself from over-using it. For very oily skin and for severe blemishes, every 3 days would be more than enough in order not to stress the skin and obtain maximum efficiency. Other skin types should use it once a week or twice a month (dry to very dry, sensitive skin).'; This is from DIY Skin Savers which can by found here at ezine articles: http://ezinearticles.com/?DIY-Skin-Saver…





4. Hydration. - Your final step in any facial is hydration followed by the application of a sunscreen of SPF 30 or greater. Even oily skin heeds hydration so if this is a particular problem for you, make sure you're purchasing the right product for your particular skin.





NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT WEARING SUNSCREEN!!





Follow this final rule and I will promise flawless skin for a lifetime. Sun and smoking are THE most harmful things to do to your skin. I see it daily with clients who are now seeing the damage some 20 years later.





For gentleness and overall great products and great prices, I recommend either Cetaphyl or Purpose products. Both can be found in drugstores, are relatively inexpensive and are recommended by dermatologists. You can find info on them here:





http://www.cetaphil.com/Products/Default…


http://www.purposeskincare.com/productGu…





Hope you found this helpful,





LRHow to give yourself a facial?
Woah. you might need to be extremely flexible to do that.How to give yourself a facial?
Smear goop all over your face, set for 3 hours, rinse, Repeat
Your question is too general.





I'll tackle 2 points, Facial Mask %26amp; Massage.





Mask: in stores. But masks are many %26amp; different according to your skin type.





For instance, if your skin's DRY, then you need a YOGURT mask to MOISTURIZE.


If OILY, then TOMATO one to PURIFY. If COMBINATION, then ORANGE to PEEL dead skin cells.


ALGAE, for ALL skin types.





Home made facials are numerous too. The easiest time saving to make of what I know are:





LEMON, if OILY skin, to PURIFY. In some cases, it has to be DILUTED if felt ITCHY.





For all skin types:


1- MILK to MOISTURIZE %26amp; COOL down, applied on cotton.


2- ROSE WATER to COOL down %26amp; CLOSE pores.





3- White HONEY, the bright one, not the black one. It provides valuable NUTRITION %26amp; is fine to apply even everyday, unlike the other facials, that are enough to be applied 2 or 3 times a week.





4- YEAST, of the bread too. It ENORMOUSLY PURIFIES. Eating it too noticeably PREVENTS ZITS from showing right away.


Not totally though cuz zits are from inside, it's HORMONES that cause it. One of the zits' reason is that the body CAN'T GET RID of some bacteria.


I eat yeast %26amp; I can tell the DIFFERENCE. I get it from the BAKERY since they use it for bread.


It doesn't taste good but not too ugly. Tip: Keep it in freezer, then eat a big coin sized piece FROZEN with water/juice so as to be able to swallow it %26amp; to not taste it at all.








Eye masks: Milk again, CUCUMBER of course, SWEET ALMOND OIL %26amp; OLIVE OIL to MOISTURISE %26amp; do other pretty stuff I don't remember.


BUT OILS should be applied AWAY from the EYELIDS itself cuz they'll SLIP into the eye %26amp; burn/hurt it. Should be just flushed if occured.





2- Finally.. heh.. Massage:-


You can buy little facial massagers like Dove's or Neutrogena's, or diy [Do It Yourself]. Here are CoOL videos %26amp; the website is so lovely:- [1st link is easier]





http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-give…





http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-give…
You can buy a face mask


or you cna make one and you put it on aha
a facial mask at a drugstore
Belt sander.
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And this one: http://www.spaindex.com/HomeSpa/HomeSpa.…


ITS REALLY COOL!
lol the first guy sounded wrong and i dk lol i just like answering questions that i dont answer right XD
ride a skateboard downhill with your hands tied, and hit a rock
put head out of car window when travelling at 70 mph
Do u have a CVS near u?


If u do they sell a $1 facial pac that u mix with water and put on ur face, after it drys then u can peal it of. It really feels good!
You can buy face mask in a tube at pretty much any drugstore. The directions will be on the bottle, but it will probably say something like ';apply to face. let sit for 15 minutes. wash face mask off face.';


Sometimes they sting, but thats just your skin tightening.





I like this one alot--it helps to remove blackheads:http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.a…